tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post3583190439936101760..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: The Tablet's HomophobiaBen Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-49484396133627256992012-03-11T00:04:06.416+00:002012-03-11T00:04:06.416+00:00Wondering if Archbishop Nichol's letter tomorr...Wondering if Archbishop Nichol's letter tomorrow will be read at the Soho Masses???Holy Family Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452911116023277078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-4294148164459252382012-03-10T22:31:14.348+00:002012-03-10T22:31:14.348+00:00That reminds me: Mark Dowd was the reporter who co...That reminds me: Mark Dowd was the reporter who compiled that programme about Catholicism for Radio 4: The Pope's British Divisions. <br /><br />Catholic Voices inexplicably praised it:I thought it lamentable: http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2010/09/popes-british-divisions.html <br /><br />I hadn't realised he was now on the Soho Masses Pastoral Council.<br /><br />It's a small (and sad) world, that one...Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-6553375052130557732012-03-10T20:38:07.544+00:002012-03-10T20:38:07.544+00:00Red Maria: Thanks for putting me right. It was t...Red Maria: Thanks for putting me right. It was the phrase "interwoven materiality of our lives" that threw me. I have visions of a knitted jumper suddenly unravelling.<br /><br />Alison: The Tablet used to be a good read in the days of Douglas Woodruffe but it has steadily gone down hill ever since. What finished it for me was an article by Mark Dowd which struck me as homosexual pornography. I see he is now a member of the Soho Masses Pastoral Council.Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-35797791390234807032012-03-10T17:21:31.918+00:002012-03-10T17:21:31.918+00:00Yes, not only can Nicholas Bellord be wrong. He is...Yes, not only can Nicholas Bellord be wrong. He <i>is</i> wrong.<br /><br />Frankly, how dare he insult historical materialists like myself by suggesting that posturing bourgeois liberal, Tina Beattie, who can't write a sentence to save her life, is anything to do with us?<br /><br />For the avoidance of doubt, Tina Beattie is NOT a materialist and the ideology she disseminates owes more to a (thinly-understood) libertinisim than Catholicism.<br /><br />A pseud, a poseur and purveyor of junk history is what she is.<br /><br />I hope that clears up any confusion.Red Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858695355021361726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-24840600563403895572012-03-10T13:59:53.368+00:002012-03-10T13:59:53.368+00:00The Tablet is new to me - mainly because I only re...The Tablet is new to me - mainly because I only reconnected with my faith in the last two years but I have heard a LOT about it's curious angles on the faith. Interesting to look into further and I too question how it can be considered a Catholic paper when it endlessly calls into questions key teachings?<br /><br />Londonistar (formerly on Twitter. I'll just be on bumpbeyond.com now)Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879980268991240902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-76656341640952434512012-03-10T12:56:05.730+00:002012-03-10T12:56:05.730+00:00Tina Beattie writes "Marriage is not just abo...Tina Beattie writes "Marriage is not just about sex but about a lifelong commitment to bodily unity in difference with another human being in all the interwoven materiality of our lives." <br /><br /><br />What on earth is meant by "bodily unity"? Sounds like sex to me.<br /><br />How can anyone write such a sentence? Would I be wrong in thinking this waffle is written by an out and out materialist?Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.com